Horatio downs visiting Murfreesboro

The Lady Leopards moved into a tie for first place in the 7AAAA softball standings with a 2-1 win over Nashville April 9. Both teams now have one conference loss.

The De Queen soccer teams played three games in one week.

De Queen baseball player, Mack Carver, signs a letter of intent with Ecclesia College in Springdale. With the signee are parents Brandi and Shane Carver.

The De Queen/Sevier County Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce it will once again be hosting the Annual Tri-Lakes Big Bass Festival. This year marks the 30th tournament. It is always the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend and it is a great kickoff to the summer. 

One record was set at the first senior high track meet held in De Queen in two years. Last year’s home schedule was literally washed away when a resurfacing project that started in January was not finished until May due to persistent rains.

For the second straight spring De Queen High School is without a senior girls basketball coach.

The baseball Leopards suffered multiple self inflicted wounds in an 11-5 loss to visiting Bauxite April 2. Four De Queen errors allowed the Miners four unearned runs.

A fourth inning outburst gave De Queen an 8-6 softball win over visiting Bauxite April 2.

The Leopards won both soccer matches from visiting Nashville on the first day of April.

NASHVILLE — The rain stopped, but it was still not ideal conditions for a track meet. Nevertheless, the Scrapper Relays went on as planned. The team titles went to the biggest school in attendance. De Queen did some experimenting.

UA Cossatot hired Brad Phillips to coach men and women’s basketball as the college joins the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association). Phillips will begin coaching this fall and will be holding tryouts for the men’s basketball team starting Saturday, April 13 at 1 p.m. The tryout…

Grand slam ensures Lion win

PRESCOTT — De Queen was first and third at Prescott’s Merchant Relays March 28.

DQ girls win over Mena 

Scrappers beat De Queen with eight-run third

The University of Arkansas Cossatot will hold Men’s Club Basketball tryouts on Saturday, April 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the UA Cossatot Bank of Lockesburg Gymnasium in Lockesburg.

The Leopards took a 15-4 non-conference win from visiting Waldron March 28.

The Horatio School District has named the road to the HHS baseball field after baseball coach Lance Spigner. Here Horatio Superintendent Dr. Lee Smith presents the road sign to the coach before the Lions’ game with Ashdown March 26.

PRESCOTT — De Queen was first and third at Prescott’s Merchant Relays March 28.

FOUKE — The Panthers bit the Lions in a nonconference Spring Break baseball game. Fouke shut out Horatio 5-0 in the March 21 meeting.

Gulf Shores, Ala.. —  De Queen’s softball team went 2-3 with three one-run losses during its annual Spring Break trip to the Gulf Shores tournament in Alabama.

Paul Dean’s first year as De Queen senior girls coach was a season to remember. The Lady Leopards were conference champions, regional runners-up and one of the last eight teams in the 4A state tournament. They finished the season with a record of 28-4.

Shock waves are still reverberating through the Arkansas coaching community as well as Horatio and surrounding environs.

ASHDOWN — The bigger schools took the top spots at Ashdown’s Domtar Relays March 14.

MALVERN — In their last action before spring break the Lady Leopards knocked off conference foe Malvern 4-0 in an Ides of March softball game.

When the field finally got dry enough to play, it was not much of a contest. De Queen swamped Hope 18-1 in a twice weather delay baseball game March 14.

HOPE — De Queen hammered Hope 17-0 in softball March 11.

Horatio’s softball team thrashed Glen Rose 11-0 March 15.

MENA — Horatio battered the Bearcats 12-2 in a non-conference baseball game at Mena March 12.

Horatio defeated visiting Southside Bee Branch in a March 16 baseball game 4-2.

HEAVENER, Okla. — The De Queen boys team posted a 5-1 win over the Wolves.

PRESCOTT — De Queen’s junior girls finished third in a 12 team meet at Prescott’s Curley Cub Relays March 12. Nashville took first with 148 points. Arkansas High edged out De Queen for second 97.5 to 95.5. Genoa Central was fourth with 75.5 and Ashdown fifth with 60.

The Lady Leopards opened conference softball with a 14-1 win at Arkadelphia March 5.

PRESCOTT — Track season finally started for De Queen’s senior high teams. After two meets were cancelled because of bad weather, the Leopards began the season at Prescott’s Curley Wolf Relays March 7.

Saturday morning’s rain washed out the final day of the Leopard Classic baseball carnival. Teams were able to get in two of the scheduled three games.

Track season opened a couple of weeks later than planned. After two senior high meets were cancelled due to weather, De Queen’s Cub Relays became the area’s first meet.

The De Queen soccer teams opened their home season with wins over Cossatot River March 7.

MAGNOLIA — It was a heart breaking end to an outstanding season. The De Queen girls basketball team missed reaching the final four of the class 4A state tournament by four points. The Lady Leopards lost to Harrison 45-42 in a game where the ball always seemed to bounce Harrison’s way.

Horatio started softball season with a 4-3 loss to Smackover in a rematch of last springs regional final.

Horatio opened baseball season with a 16-0 trouncing of Mineral Springs.

The De Queen baseball team broke open a scoreless tie with 13 runs in the fourth inning and beat Foreman 13-2 in the season opener.

DIERKS — De Queen began softball season with a 19-1 win at Dierks Feb. 25.

Despite the unseasonably cold weather, soccer season got to a hot start for the De Queen boys team.

The De Queen archery team has participated in four meets this year. After a fifth place finish at Glen Rose, they placed second at Hill Farm in Bryant and again at Murfreesboro. At the regional meet De Queen finished third to Murfreesboro and Acorn.

Like most of Arkansas, De Queen senior girls track coach Brian Van Winkle has been swamped. In his case it’s not just the weather. Van Winkle has been conducting pre-season workouts for not only the senior high, but the junior high as well.

On paper at least, it should be a good year for the De Queen boys soccer team.

It’s deja vu all over again for De Queen girls soccer coach Jason Barker. After a half decade absence, the original coach of the Lady Leopard program is back at the helm.

MAGNOLIA — De Queen overcame a 19 point deficit to defeat Highland 46-43 in the opening round of the class 4A girls state basketball tournament Feb. 27.

February began with the De Queen boys track team winning the class 4A title at the Arkansas Track Coaches Association state indoor meet. As the month comes to a close, the Leopards are about to open the outdoor season with high hopes.

MENA — The Lady Leopards finished second in the class 4A South region tournament at Mena. De Queen lost to Star City, 56-41, in the Feb. 23 final.